Adjustable templet for ships&#39; carpenters.



PATENTED NOV.'3, 1903.

T. B. WAY.

ADJUSTABLE TEMPLET FOR SHIPS CARPENTERS.

- APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1902.

H0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented November 3, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

ADJUSTABLE TEMPLET FOR SHIPS CARPENTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,937, dated November 3, 1903.

Application filed November 20, 1902. Serial No. 132,119. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS B. WAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey plot for the use of ship-carpenters, shipsmiths, boat-builders, &c.

Figure 1 represents a side view of my invention and in one of the many possible positions it can be placed. Fig. 2 represents a cross-section at line A O of Fig. 3 and showing one of the brackets as shown by b of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a top View of Fig. 2; Fig. at represents a top view of one of the links as shown by L of Fig. 1.

To better understand this invention and its uses, I Will explain the usual method of building boats.

The keel is laid first, the stem and stern being set up and midship-frame in place. A number of thin strips of wood, known as battens or ribbons, are stretched from the stem around the midship-frame to the stern, thus giving the form or shape of the boat. The method of obtaining the shape of frames, ribs, or timbers after the ribbons have been placed is to make patterns of thin soft wood called moldboards, fitting them to the ribbons, thereby giving the shape of the frames, timbers, or ribs required for that section of the boat. With my invention the shape or size of the frames or ribs can be taken direct from the ribbons and marked on the plank or timber to be sawed or hewn, thus saving the time of spiling or fitting, also the cost of the material used in wood patterns or moldboards. In the building of vessels where the lines or shapes of different parts are first drawn on the mold-loft floor the same saving of time and material can be obtained by placing the templets to the lines and using in the same manner as with ribbons. The small hole p through the brackets or stud b shown in the drawings is to facilitate its use on the floor by nailing it to the the nails or adjusting-pins P, and the shape or form is ready to be marked on the mate- Y rial being used.

This invention can be used for repairing, retimbering, or duplicating without using moldboards or wood patterns. I

The device or implement used for the aforementioned purposes consists of a thin band of steel B or other suitable elastic material, upon the side of which are riveted R, soldered, or secured at regular spaces apart the brackets or studs b, of brass or other material, and drilled to receive the tap-bolts b and nail or pin P, these brackets forming seats for the slotted end braces or links L, of iron or other material, as shown in the drawings. The object of the slotted brace L is to allow for the varying distances of the seats 29 as the band B is bent to a concave or convex position. This band or ribbon made in the manner described, with the wing-nuts N loosened, is flexible and can be bent to any shape required. By then fastening the nuts it becomes rigid and can be used for the purposes heretofore described.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the flexible band, provided with brackets rigidly secured thereto, each bracket provided with a perforation at its extremity, and perforated for the adjusting-pin, the links each perforated at one end, and provided with a longitudinal slot at the other, and the fastening-bolts each inserted through the perforation of one of the brackets, and all serving to rigidly connect the links in series by means of the perforations and slots therein, and such series to the brackets.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS E. WAY.

Witnesses:

BENTON BLOOMEB, CHARLES HENRY. 

